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PETA at it again
I am not sure how you all feel about genetically engineered foods but this is awful. Right now I try to avoid GMO produce as much as possible, I dont know what Id do if this were the next thing on the shelves to dodge. Granted livestock raising methods need to be changed and I dont believe in cruelty to animals but this is just disgusting.Glenn Beck's Bizarre Outburst Against Meatless Mondays and Vegetarians
This goes along with the story that I posted in 4.0 about Meatless Mondays in Baltimore schools Jon Stewart ended an interview with climate-change contrarian and Super Freakonomics co-author Steven Levitt on Monday night by noting, "I've apparently frightened our audience by suggesting that conservation isn't the only way out of any of the problems of the world. I sincerely apologize." He added, "And I do also believe that we should just eat vegetables."What Holdren REALLY Said
As evidence that the country is closer to socialist than capitalist these days, radio and talk show host Glenn Beck recently made this claim about John Holdren, director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy: "I mean, we've got czars now," Beck said during his July 22, 2009, program. "Czars like John Holdren, who has proposed forcing abortions and putting sterilants in the drinking water to control population." Political figures like Holdren, who are little-known by most Americans, make easy targets.Czar 54, Who Are You?
Czar 54, Who Are You? By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 4:20 PM PT Leadership: Our new science czar, John Holdren, once backed compulsory sterilization and forced abortion as part of a government population-control program. The only thing missing was a Soylent Green recipe.Czar 54, Who Are You?
Czar 54, Who Are You? By INVESTOR'S BUSINESS DAILY | Posted Monday, July 20, 2009 4:20 PM PT
Leadership: Our new science czar, John Holdren, once backed compulsory sterilization and forced abortion as part of a government population-control program. The only thing missing was a Soylent Green recipe.
Just Say No! to Mermaids & Centaurs
Brownback, Landrieu introduce Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Sam Brownback today with Senator Mary Landrieu (D-LA) introduced the Human-Animal Hybrid Prohibition Act of 2009. “This legislation works to ensure that our society recognizes the dignity and sacredness of human life,” said Brownback.Montana Asserting their state rights re: guns
Montana gun law targets states' rights clash Kahrin Deines, Associated Press Sunday, May 10, 2009 (05-10) 04:00 PDT Helena, Mont. -- Montana is trying to trigger a battle over gun control - and perhaps make a larger point about what many folks in this ruggedly independent state regard as a meddlesome federal government. In a bill passed by the Legislature earlier this month, the state is asserting that guns manufactured in Montana and sold in Montana to people who intend to keep their weapons in Montana are exempt from federal gun registration, background check and dealer-licensing rules because no state lines are crossed.Spinach, anyone?
Expanded Undercover Investigation Shows Mistreatment of Downer Cows Is Commonplace at Livestock Auctions May 7, 2008 The shocking abuse of "downer" cows occurs not just at slaughter plants but may be an everyday happening at livestock auctions and stockyards around the country—the midpoints between farm and slaughter—as shown in an expanding undercover investigation by The Humane Society of the United States. "Downer" cows are those too frail to stand on their own—dragged and prodded with inhumane handling methods, and increasing the threat of carrying and passing disease. During April and May, HSUS investigators visited auctions in Maryland, New Mexico, Pennsylvania and Texas and videotaped downer cows at each stop—animals left to suffer for hours and in one instance overnight.How far can this go? Taxing cows for farting and burping
I saw a snippet about this yesterday in the DC Examiner about the idea of the E.P.A. taxing farmers with a certain amount of livestock for rising levels of methane and other polluting nitrous gases emitted by their farm animals. I decided to do some research on it and found that the actual tax has not been proposed by the EPA (yet) but that a lobbying group for farmers believes that a new report released by the EPA hints at it.Belgian city of Ghent Plans Weekly "Veggie Day"
By Chris Mason BBC News, Ghent The Belgian city of Ghent is about to become the first in the world to go vegetarian at least once a week. Starting this week there will be a regular weekly meatless day, in which civil servants and elected councillors will opt for vegetarian meals. Ghent means to recognise the impact of livestock on the environment.
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